Rush: episode guide

Episode 1.01

Josh rescues two children but then risks his career and puts the Tactical Response team in jeopardy when he takes his rage out on their father. The team is rattled by the unexpected arrival of new Inspector, Kerry Vincent. Although the team disapproves of Josh's actions they close ranks around him, forcing Kerry to begin her own investigation.

Episode 1.02

The end of a long night shift finds Lawson, Grace and Dom in pursuit of a car driven by two lovestruck teenagers who have panicked after an attempted robbery turned to murder. When the teenagers are chased to a rooftop and threaten suicide, Grace steps up as chief negotiator and is forced to face the consequences of her inexperience. Michael, new to Tactical Response, encounters first-hand the tough reality of his job.

Episode 1.03

A gunman shoots Stella, who is saved by her bulletproof vest. Lawson realises the man is trying to commit suicide-by-cop. Putting his own life on the line in a face-to-face negotiation Lawson recognizes the gunman as his former mentor. While Stella confronts her brush with death, Lawson is forced to act against his beliefs and shoots, killing someone he knew well.

Episode 1.04

A convicted criminal is on the run after busting out of a prison transport van. In his desperate quest for freedom the man assaults Grace and takes a civilian woman hostage. Josh allows himself to be taken hostage. Preferring death to capture, the criminal forces Josh into a sadistic game of Russian roulette. Despite his ordeal Josh chooses to save the man's life and convinces him to surrender. Grace's injury causes her husband Connor to question her choice of careers.

Episode 1.05

The tactical response team intercepts a known drug dealer and police informer, and discovers that an armed robbery is about to take place at a suburban pub. Lawson, Grace and Josh arrive at the hotel where the robbery turns into a siege situation when the criminals barricade themselves inside and take the people in the pub as hostages. One of the criminals inside falls through a trapdoor and is severely injured so Dom is sent in undercover as an ambulance officer.

Dom is held up at a doctor's appointment for his pregnant wife and is hurrying towards the siege when a woman crashes into the rear of his car. He's delayed by the flirtatious woman who is highly impressed that he is a cop. Kerry and Lawson begin working well together for the first time.

Episode 1.06

Josh, Grace and Michael investigate an alarm at a high-security laboratory and find that intruders have freed all the research animals from their cages. A tag left on the outside of the building indicates that a group of animal rights activists calling themselves 'Freedom From Torture' may have committed the crime.

As the Tactical Response team move through the building Michael discovers a caged monkey left behind. He's consoling the animal when it bites him on the finger. He is later informed by one of the facility's scientific researchers that the monkey could be carrying a disease fatal to humans. Michael is hurried off to hospital for a series of pathology tests. He fears the worst.

Meanwhile Stella, who was earlier working with Lawson and Dom as backup to detectives staking out a possible crime, has discovered that the criminals aborted their activities after being tipped off. She finds out that the informant is someone she knows very well.

Episode 1.07

Tactical Response attends a high-speed car chase between two teenagers from rival high schools that ends in a near fatal car crash. In a search for the student who caused the crash the Tactical Response team arrive at a huge suburban party, to find that a group of youths has stolen a handgun from a security guard. Michael and Stella go in undercover to retrieve the stolen weapon. The party turns into a violent riot after a rival gang crashes the party seeking revenge. Things continue to heat up between Josh and Grace. With Grace's husband away will Josh spend the night?

Music: "Run For Your Life" performed by The Cheats, "Seeds of Doubt" performed by Wolf and Cub, "The Mess" performed by Wolf and Cub, "The Neighbours" performed by The Electric Moccasins of Doom, "Doit @ The Disco" performed by Romy Black, "DJ Cramify" performed by Audiomachine, "Child" performed by Lady Strangelove

Episode 1.08

After a prominent politician's daughter and her school friend are kidnapped, Kerry and the Tactical Response team must run a covert operation to safely recover the girls. They soon realise the kidnapping may not be what it first seemed. They realize the girls have faked their own abductions to extort money from their parents to fund their dreams of becoming models in New York. However, the stakes become high when Tactical Response uncovers the agent's true identity and her plan to sell the girls as prostitutes.

Episode 1.09

After disrupting a carjacking, Lawson, Stella and Dom uncover an illegal vehicle rebirthing syndicate, but their suspect flees and Lawson leads an adrenaline-fuelled car chase through an abandoned warehouse complex before the offenders are captured.

Meanwhile Josh, Grace and Michael are involved in a serious car collision, Inspector Kerry Vincent is pulled over for drink driving, and Grace's home is targeted by a crime family matriarch as revenge for sending her son to prison

Episode 1.10

The Tactical Response team is called to a Media Building where a disgruntled man has locked himself in a room and is reciting erroneous articles published by the newspaper. When Dom uncovers a coded message he realises the building is a trap — the man has planted bombs. As the team work fast to evacuate the building and decipher the symbols, they are unwittingly led into a series of deadly explosions which leave two squad members fighting for their lives.

Episode 1.11

As Grace and Dom recover in hospital Lawson and Stella must deal with a suicidal ex-footballer, while Josh and Michael uncover a mysterious burglary attempt that leads them on a chase through a complex network of underground tunnels. At the hospital Kerry works hard to hold the team together, but a sudden and unforeseen death takes Tactical Response by surprise.

Episode 1.12

As the Tactical Response team mourns the loss of a squad member, Josh finds himself in the middle of a domestic dispute. The dispute turns nasty and the husband flees the house leaving his wife unconscious and bleeding. Tactical Response go after the man who is heavily armed and dangerous, a trained army sniper. Armed with a high-powered hunting rifle, the man is cornered on the roof of a high rise building. Lawson knows it will be almost impossible to talk him down. Searching for answers, Josh confronts the man responsible for the bombing.

Note: the night-time security camera footage of the ram-raid in the opening sequence is re-used from the beginning of episode one of Dangerous. The series, which aired in 2007, was also a Southern Star John Edwards production and featured Nicole da Silva (Stella) among its cast.

Episode 1.13

When Tactical Response is called in to protect a high-profile underworld figure, Kerry knows the assignment is almost impossible. The man is being hunted by his gangland associates who have somehow managed to get inside information on the operation. After a series of sniper attacks Kerry devises a unique way to protect the man.